isPolarizationCapable

System object: phased.ULA
Package: phased

Polarization capability

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Syntax

flag = isPolarizationCapable(h)

Description

flag = isPolarizationCapable(h) returns a Boolean value, flag, indicating whether the array supports polarization. An array supports polarization if all of its constituent sensor elements support polarization.

Input Arguments

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Uniform line array specified as a phased.ULA System object™.

Output Arguments

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Polarization-capability flag returned as a Boolean value true if the array supports polarization or false if it does not.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Show that an array of phased.ShortDipoleAntennaElement antenna elements supports polarization.

antenna = phased.ShortDipoleAntennaElement(...
    'FrequencyRange',[1e9 10e9]);
array = phased.ULA('NumElements',3,'Element',antenna);
isPolarizationCapable(array)
ans = logical
   1

The returned value of 1 shows that this array supports polarization.

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